
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; commissioner, Orange County Superior Court, 2007-10; deputy public defender, Orange County, 1995-2007
Law School: Southwestern Law School, 1992
FULLERTON — Judge Joe Perez inherited a few legal heirlooms from his father, retired Judge James Perez, including his old robe and his chambers.
The robe is a bit tattered and no longer worn, but the view his father enjoyed from his chambers, overlooking an Orange County park where the younger Perez used to play, is still just as good.
Perez said he also inherited his father’s temperame... (continued)